This book represents the definitive study of how the operation of three very modern guided missile destroyers, acquired from the United States Navy, acted as catalysts in the Royal Australian Navy’s transformation from being an adjunct to the Roya
This volume was commissioned from the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security at the University of Wollongong, to examine the implications for the RAN of the 2005 announcement by the US Navy of a ‘1000-ship Navy’.
Australia’s ambitious decision to transition from a diesel-electric submarine (SSK) fleet to a nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) fleet is a significant advance in naval capability that will come with many challenges.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are being developed and used by individuals, organisations and military forces at an ever increasing rate.